In this drama, an American art student is trapped amidst the political turmoil of war-torn Europe while visiting Paris and staying at the fabulous Ritz hotel. Rather than cope constructively with it all, the fellow opts to ignore it and continue living the high-life for as long as possible.
Acting
Joss Ackland's Goering chews scenery like it's bratwurst.
Production
The Ritz itself—opulent, claustrophobic, morally rotting.
Costume
Leslie Caron as Chanel, obviously dressed to kill.
Director
Desmond Davis
Perry King
Philip Weber
Joss Ackland
Hermann Goering
Mylène Demongeot
Madame Rochaise
Leslie Caron
Coco Chanel
David McCallum
Charlie Ritz
Richard Durden
Man Ray
Cherie Lunghi
Lily Globuska
David Robb
Armand Forrestieur
Patachou
Sophie Barjac
Martine Fauvet
Terence Taplin
Colonel Stupelmeyer
Barrie Houghton
Joseph Goebbels
John Grillo
Von Behr
Nathalie Cerda
Edith Piaf
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The real Ritz was indeed Nazi headquarters and liberation party site—history stranger than this fiction.
Based on A.E. Hotchner's novel; he later founded Newman's Own with Paul Newman, which is a wild career pivot.
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